Queen Kelly
Directed by Erich von Stroheim
Produced by Gloria Swanson Pictures
A melodramatic silent-era romance following a prince's passionate pursuit of a convent orphan across continents, marked by social upheaval, betrayal, and persistent devotion.
In Kronberg, Ruritania, the planned wedding of Queen Regina and Prince Wolfram is disrupted when the prince falls in love with Patricia Kelly, a beautiful orphan at the convent. The prince kidnaps Patricia and takes her to the palace, but the queen drives her out. After a botched suicide attempt, Patricia unwillingly allows her scurrilous aunt to marry her off to a decrepit scoundrel. Undaunted, Wolfram follows Patricia to her new home in East Africa.
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